Epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Shandong, China, 2009–2016

• Published in: Scientific Reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 8900 - 9
• Main Authors: Wang, Jing, Hu, Tao, Sun, Dapeng, Ding, Shujun, Carr, Michael J., Xing, Weijia, Li, Shixue, Wang, Xianjun, Shi, Weifeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer Science and Business Media LLC 21.08.2017; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 45/23; 45/90; 631/326/596/2562; 692/699/255/2514; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; China; China - epidemiology; Epidemics; Female; Geography, Medical; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - epidemiology; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease - history; History, 21st Century; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Medicine; Middle Aged; Mortality; multidisciplinary; Public Health Surveillance; Q; R; Rural areas; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sex Factors; Urban areas; Young Adult; China; Shandong China

In the past decade, hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has posed a serious threat to childhood health in China; however, no epidemiological data from large HFMD epidemics have been described since 2013. In the present study, we described the epidemiological patterns of HFMD in Shandong province du...